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TOTAL RESULTS: 543
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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GRIFF, Sen Stirling
- Summary
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to require that voice calls communicating an electoral matter to a person must identify the use of any actors at the beginning of the call; and Spam Act 2003
to require political parties to provide an unsubscribe function for all unsolicited electronic communications containing political content.
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends 41 Acts to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices, such as providing for the forms to be approved by a specified person or body, by notifiable instrument, or enabling regulations to directly mandate the requirements themselves rather than requiring particular forms.
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18 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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KELLY, Craig, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
to ensure workers have life insurance as part of their superannuation policy that is suitable for dangerous occupations immediately after they start a job which is high risk.
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Indigenous Australians
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide for a supplementary payment to be made to eligible job seekers in remote engagement program pilot communities so that they can engage in activities or placements that are like having a job; Social Security Act 1991
to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) Act 2021
; and Age Discrimination Act 2004
, Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to remove redundant provisions relating to the former Community Development Employment Projects Scheme.
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24 Jun 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Implements certain recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission report,
Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
by amending the: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
to: amend the definition of 'unlawful discrimination'; and extend the period of time between an alleged incident and the lodging of a complaint in relation to the President's discretion to terminate a complaint; Fair Work Act 2009
to: provide that a worker who is sexually harassed at work may apply for a Fair Work Commission (FWC) order to stop the sexual harassment; provide that the FWC can make an order to stop sexual harassment following a single instance of sexual harassment; provide that sexual harassment in connection with an employee’s employment can be a valid reason for dismissal; and extend the minimum entitlement for compassionate leave in relation to miscarriage; and Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to: prohibit discrimination involving harassment on the ground of sex; extend the application of the Act to members of parliament, members of the ACT and Northern Territory legislative assemblies and their staff, judges, staff and consultants employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
, state employees, including independent contractors; and the public authority of a state; and include definitions of 'worker' and 'persons conducting a business or undertaking' to extend the protection from sexual harassment to all paid and unpaid workers, including volunteers, interns and the self-employed.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Social Services
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: increase the newly arrived resident's waiting period (NARWP) for carer payment and carer allowance to 208 weeks; remove the qualifying residence period for parenting payment; apply the 208-week NARWP for the low income health care card and Commonwealth seniors health card to temporary visa holders; make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) Act 2021
; and make minor technical amendments; Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999
to make consequential amendments; A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
to: increase the NARWP for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A to 208 weeks; and introduce a 208-week NARWP for FTB Part B; and Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
to increase the NARWP for parental leave pay and dad and partner pay to 208 weeks.
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- Date
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27 May 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Skills and Employment
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: create a single set of employment pathway plan requirement provisions, which will allow better use of technology, enabling job seekers more choice about how they enter into an employment pathway plan and meet the requirements of that plan; repeal certain redundant and outdated 'activity test' provisions; create a single set of criteria for exemptions from mutual obligation requirements; provide legislative authority for expenditure on employment programs; and repeal certain redundant provisions; Farm Household Support Act 2014
to make consequential amendments; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to amend the targeted compliance framework to provide that sanctions need not be imposed when recipients of participation payments have a valid reason for failing to meet their requirements or immediately re-engage; Social Security Act 1991
to: allow payments or benefits from Commonwealth and state and territory employment programs to not be considered income for social security law purposes; provide that the declaration of an approved program of work for income support payment is by legislative instrument; consolidate certain provisions in relation to activities that do not give rise to employment under certain industrial relations legislation; clarify that those receiving youth allowance as a job seeker continue to be treated as such when undertaking study as part of their requirements; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018
; and Farm Household Support Act 2014
, Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to align the start day provisions for certain job seekers claiming jobseeker payment or youth allowance.
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- Date
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27 May 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Social Services
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014
to include a discretionary power to grant portability extensions to pensioners who are temporarily away from their country of residence and unable to return home within 26 weeks for reasons such as serious illness, death of a family member, natural disaster or public health crisis.
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- Date
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13 May 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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Amends the
]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997
to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity.
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- Date
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22 Mar 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BANDT, Adam, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997
to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity.
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